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NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

Endurance (AMc 77)

Call sign:Nan - Uncle - Baker - Easy

Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

Laid down 14 April 1941 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL

Launched 19 June 1941

Placed in service 11 October 1941

Placed out of service 6 December 1945

Struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal 7 July 1947

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 205 t.

Length 97' 1"

Beam 22'

Draft 9' 1"

Speed 10 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: Two .30 cal. machine guns

Propulsion: One 400bhp Superior K.N.B. diesel engine, one shaft.

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AMc-77

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Minesweeper AMc 77 takes shape in her builders’ yard, Jacksonville, 25 April 1941, eleven days after keel-layingBureau of Ships photograph in the National Archiveso

Robert Hurst

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Running builders’ trials, 7 October 1941, painted in No.5 Navy Gray with black-shadowed white identification numbers, and displaying the Mine Force insignia (clockwise: blue, red, and white, with a black center and surrounding ring). At that point, she did not carry any armamentBureau of Ships photograph 19-LCM-25829 in the National Archives

USS Endurance (AMc 77)

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After fitting-out at Charleston, 27 October 1941, now carries two .30 caliber machine guns on the deckhouse amidships as well as sweep gearBureau of Ships photograph 19-LCM-25728 in the National Archives

Robert Hurst

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The second plaque (the first having been lost in transit) sent by the surviving crewmen of the tanker Esso Bolivar to the men of Endurance in appreciation for their rescue on 8 March 1942National Archives photo 80-G-68666

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Endurance arrives at Guantanamo to disembark Esso Bolivar’s crew, 8 March 1942U.S. Navy photograph 80-CF-1053 in the National Archives